Halina Rice announces new album on Injazero Records

HALINA RICE

‘ELISION’

ALBUM RELEASED 30^TH SEPTEMBER VIA INJAZERO RECORDS

The critics on Halina Rice:

“Sublime and infectious” Electronic Sound

 “A credible and exciting avant-electronic pearl” Future Music

“World of fragmentary beauty” Clash

“Uses creative sampling to craft evocative and melancholic soundscapes to beat-driven instrumentals” Magnetic 

“Takes listeners through a VR inspired electronic journey of looping beats and a mesmerising spectrum of emotions.” Decoded

Halina Rice is a London-based electronic musician and AV artist renowned for her vivid and eclectic style, using multiple effects and sampling to create original and unique sounds. Uniting elements of ambient, experimental and dance music, her sound ranges from evocative and melancholic soundscapes to beat-driven tracks.

Releasing her debut album ‘REDUX’ in 2017 to critical acclaim, her music has been described as “sublime and infectious” by Electronic Sound magazine and as a “world of fragmentary beauty” by Clash, and on the 30^th September, she is set to release her sophomore album ‘ELISION’, via Injazero Records, a design-conscious boutique label from Istanbul and London, and home to such artists as C. Diab, Heinali, KMRU, Matt Emery and Hinako Omori.

‘ELISION’ takes its cue from abstract and actual worlds fusing together, a common theme in Rice’s music, with a vision of uniting music, art and technology. Ranging from experimental to IDM, the ten tracks across the album represent a breadth of styles and pace. Tracks fuse natural or analog sounds with unrealistic treatments “The idea is to evoke places that don’t exist – like a surreal parallel world,” says Rice. Further tracks such as THIRD and HELIX  draw influence from artists such as Rival Consoles and Max Cooper to create more dance-orientated compositions.

On ‘ELISION’, the album title track, Rice used audio tools to morph sounds together to help bring her sonic vision to life. The voice and synth are melded together, resulting in an other-worldy sonic experience, while the carefully crafted sounds of ‘HEY’, ‘HUNTER’ and ‘THIRD’ were initially concieved as part of a commission for the WITCiH digital festival, supporting Rice to explore innovation.

A key component of Rice’s work is the creation of immersive experiences and in 2020 she launched the NEW WORLDS project – where each release comprised both music and the creation of a virtual environment in which Rice performed live as a digital projection. She also works closely with partner L-Acoustics to deliver performances in spatial audio. “In one sense, immersive is a technical description of how I might present sound or projections, but from an emotive stance, it’s more about the desire to create an experience for the audience which takes them outside of the day to day. I try to create tracks which evoke an emotion that translates to the listener.”

As a producer of electronic music working with an international team of visuals artists, Rice has consistently strived to create increasingly immersive AV environments in which to envelop her listeners, with her sold out live shows being described as “part rave, part art-happening.”  She has performed at venues including Abbey Road Studios, Copeland Gallery, Sonica Arts Festival and Iklectik. Recently, Rice collaborated with Zaha Hadid Architects, creating a virtual reality installation. She is set to perform a series of live shows this autumn – details to be announced.

Tracklisting:

1. ‘HEY’
2. ‘THIRD’
3. ‘ELISION’
4. ‘HELIX’
5. ‘FRACTURE’
6. ‘EXP3’
7. ‘HUNTER’
8. ‘SHALE’
9. ‘MOMENTUM’
10. ‘FX1’

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